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Burglar alarm
Bonjour from France! Now can anyone help me with what make of alarm I should be purchasing for my old French farmhouse? It has metre thick walls, so I guess a wireless system is what I need. Also a make that I could pick up the spare parts in France might be good, even though I would want to buy the system in the UK and take it out. Someone said Bosch was good, what do you all think? We certainly need a system that is rock solid that will not play up the minute we are away. Now what I need is an offer of help on the installation and in exchange, I will give you full board in the beautiful South of France for a week. Any takers? -- Frenchy |
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writes Bonjour from France! Now can anyone help me with what make of alarm I should be purchasing for my old French farmhouse? It has metre thick walls, so I guess a wireless system is what I need. Also a make that I could pick up the spare parts in France might be good, even though I would want to buy the system in the UK and take it out. Someone said Bosch was good, what do you all think? We certainly need a system that is rock solid that will not play up the minute we are away. You don't want a wireless system then... especially not if you are going to be away for long periods. -- Tim Mitchell |
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Tim Mitchell writes: In article , Frenchy writes Bonjour from France! Now can anyone help me with what make of alarm I should be purchasing for my old French farmhouse? It has metre thick walls, so I guess a wireless system is what I need. Also a make that I could pick up the spare parts in France might be good, even though I would want to buy the system in the UK and take it out. Someone said Bosch was good, what do you all think? We certainly need a system that is rock solid that will not play up the minute we are away. You don't want a wireless system then... especially not if you are going to be away for long periods. And the concept of wireless systems and spare parts don't go too well together either. With a wired system, you can generally use anyone's detectors -- not so with a wireless system. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:39:12 +0100, Frenchy
scrawled: Now can anyone help me with what make of alarm I should be purchasing for my old French farmhouse? It has metre thick walls, so I guess a wireless system is what I need. No-one _needs_ wireless, some have to put up with it. I personally wouldn't touch wireless with your bargepole but I've heard good reports from some fellow installers who have used the professional trade equipment, not the B&Q specials. Also a make that I could pick up the spare parts in France might be good, even though I would want to buy the system in the UK and take it out. Someone said Bosch was good, what do you all think? We certainly need a system that is rock solid that will not play up the minute we are away. Yep, the Bosch is apparantly a good choice, as is the GardTec, the Honywell Domonial and The Scantronic Class VI offerings. These are a bit less easy to come by by DIYers as they are generally only available to trade, One of the better top end DIY\low endPro systems is the ESP Infinite. All depends what you can get, if you can tempt a professional installer over then you can get them to supply anything you want then. Now what I need is an offer of help on the installation and in exchange, I will give you full board in the beautiful South of France for a week. Any takers? Hmmm, tempting. -- Stuart @ SJW Electrical Please Reply to group |
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Hi, I've just been looking to install an alarm at my home (England!). Wireless - bad. False alarms. Interference. Easy to disarm from outside! Best bet is one of the 'professional' systems, which are more difficult to get hold of by the DIY-er. How computer savvy are you? The more complex alarms can require a lot of programming..... Having googled for ages, and looked at www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk a lot (good reviews section & v.good forums...) I'm going for a Texecom Premier (from www.alertelectrical.com). In article , says... Bonjour from France! Now can anyone help me with what make of alarm I should be purchasing for my old French farmhouse? |
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:33:35 +0100, AJB
scrawled: Having googled for ages, and looked at www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk a lot (good reviews section & v.good forums...) Can't argue with that. I'm going for a Texecom Premier (from www.alertelectrical.com). Good choice for a professional DIY system. Not a fantastic choice if you're not fully conversant with alarm installation practices. -- Stuart @ SJW Electrical Please Reply to group |
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:11:41 +0100, AJB
scrawled: Fairy Nuff. But I write software for a living, and will probably spend a few days playing with the programming.... Ah, now I know who you are! The installation guide seems pretty well written (140+ pages or so!) It looks like a pretty configurable system. It'll do pretty much anything you want, it's one of the better DIY systems available, which is why I stopped installing them. -- Stuart @ SJW Electrical Please Reply to group |
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Frenchy wrote:
Bonjour from France! Now can anyone help me with what make of alarm I should be purchasing for my old French farmhouse? It has metre thick walls, so I guess a wireless system is what I need. Also a make that I could pick up the Alas, meter thick walls are probably a really bad idea with wireless - the wireless gets absorbed. 1m SDS bits are cheap. |
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In article ,
Ian Stirling wrote: Bonjour from France! Now can anyone help me with what make of alarm I should be purchasing for my old French farmhouse? It has metre thick walls, so I guess a wireless system is what I need. Also a make that I could pick up the Alas, meter thick walls are probably a really bad idea with wireless - the wireless gets absorbed. 1m SDS bits are cheap. Yes. My comment would be that I work in broadcast audio and of course use radio links of various types. Costing typically 2 grand or so plus. But none beats a cable... -- *Why is the word abbreviation so long? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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